Duchy Health Charity Limited

Analysis

Duchy Health Charity Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Austell. It was registered in September 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01268926). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Duchy Health Charity Limited reported income of £278k and spending of £376k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £216k to £278k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Duchy Health Charity Limited sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Francis at the Engine Room (£278k), Beanibazar Cancer and General Hospital (£278k) and Children Today Charitable Trust (£278k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.